Re: Last Mainstream movie you watched.

Re: Last Mainstream movie you watched.

hostel2006 wrote:

The Hobbit....It was ok

I haven't seen it yet but from a lot of people that's about the best I hear that it was just okay. My one friend said they added too much humor that only a child would laugh at....I remember the book being kinda dark. I'm interested to see what Jackson will be able to squeeze in to the next two movies. (which 3, 3 hour movies on a 300 page book, not a good idea)

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BUCKET LISTFirst time seeing this and sure, Nicholson and Freeman are incredibly good in this. Each of their character is wild. ESPECIALLY Nicholson's. When he looses his temper he goes into some of the craziest acts. Touching and beautiful story.9/10

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Decided to take a look at Antonio's Blow-Up (1966) after years and years of hesitation. I'd heard all the hype about how it being a great, classic "thriller" but I can honestly say I think it was HUGELY over-rated. Man, what a tedious, rambling, empty and ultimately pointless movie. Only the sequence with David Hemmings examing photos he took in a park in which he discovers he caught a murder on camera are any good; every other second of the film is excruciatingly dull. I had to look up a couple reviews after watching it to see what critics said; maybe I missed something. But all I found was a bunch of critics trying to read into the flick something that isn't there.

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LoudLon wrote:

Django Unchained.

I've always had a suspicion that Quentin Tarantino sold his soul to the movie-making devil. This flick confirms it. I now have a new favorite QT flick. 10/10

I second that! I still think I like Pulp a little better....buuuut... Django Unchained was certainly the most brilliant piece of cinema i have had the pleasure of watching this year. Brilliant, but not quite perfect in my humble opinion, I still think it was a tad bit long and drug a little long in the middle. However the opening and most of the first act is simply awesome! And....whats black and white and red all over? The finale of Django Unchained is what! Loved it!

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Really the only thing that threw me off was at the end, with the horse tricks. The movie was over, the story was done, we just had this super-violent, intense and hugely satisfying finale -- and now here's some light-hearted funnin' around with a horse?

But that's just carping, and is a very, very minor complaint on my part. Otherwise I loved every second of it.

As for the last mainstream flick I watched, after the huge disappointment of Blow Up, I decided to wash its taste out of my mouth with Blow Out. I have no love whatsoever for Brian DePalma; I consider him nothing more than a base rip-off artist, but Blow-Out -- while it also contains a number of steals from other films -- assembles its stolen moments around a solid and intriguing plot, with excellent acting (especially by Nancy Allen and John Lithgow) and an engaging lead performance by John Travolta. It's literally the only DePalma flick I like.

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Watched Django Unchained.I will be in the minority,but I wasn't a big fan of this movie.There was a few moments I liked,but all and all I didn't think it was a good movie.IMO Tarantino hasn't made a good movie in like 16 years.

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LoudLon wrote:

Really the only thing that threw me off was at the end, with the horse tricks. The movie was over, the story was done, we just had this super-violent, intense and hugely satisfying finale -- and now here's some light-hearted funnin' around with a horse?

But that's just carping, and is a very, very minor complaint on my part. Otherwise I loved every second of it.

As for the last mainstream flick I watched, after the huge disappointment of Blow Up, I decided to wash its taste out of my mouth with Blow Out. I have no love whatsoever for Brian DePalma; I consider him nothing more than a base rip-off artist, but Blow-Out -- while it also contains a number of steals from other films -- assembles its stolen moments around a solid and intriguing plot, with excellent acting (especially by Nancy Allen and John Lithgow) and an engaging lead performance by John Travolta. It's literally the only DePalma flick I like.

One of the minor complaints actually was they kkk scene, don't get me wrong, it was hilarious but it was a bit awkward and felt out of place a bit. Also, for the most part I loved tbe soundtrack but a few of the songs seemed like kinda odd choices but at the same time I have to applaud the man for doing the film how he wanted to do it. It was awesome...I would actually go 9.5/10...easy.